August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining.
Births
* 1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
* 1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
* 1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
* 1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
* 1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
* 1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
* 1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
* 1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
* 1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
* 1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
* 1796 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876)
* 1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
* 1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
* 1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
* 1841 - Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917)
* 1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
* 1850 - Charles Richet, French scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1935)
* 1882 - Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966)
* 1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
* 1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican (d. 1975)
* 1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981)
* 1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
* 1903 - Ãrpád ÃlÅ, Hungarian physicist (d. 1992)
* 1909 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
* 1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
* 1912 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994)
* 1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
* 1916 - Van Johnson, American actor
* 1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003)
* 1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor
* 1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)
* 1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
* 1919 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
* 1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host
* 1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)
* 1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
* 1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1930 - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor
* 1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host
* 1931 - Hal Fishman, American news anchor
* 1933 - Wayne Shorter, American musician
* 1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
* 1935 - Charles Wright, American poet
* 1938 - David Canary, American actor
* 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author
* 1939 - John Badham, American film director
* 1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
* 1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor
* 1946 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player
* 1947 - Anne Archer, American actress
* 1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist
* 1949 - John Savage, American actor
* 1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist
* 1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
* 1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)
* 1952 - Peter Wolf, American singer and composer
* 1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
* 1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer
* 1962 - David Packer, American actor
* 1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
* 1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor
* 1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American musician (Wilco)
* 1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
* 1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
* 1968 - Rachael Ray, American cook and television host
* 1968 - Spider One, American singer and musician (Powerman 5000)
* 1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
* 1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
* 1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
* 1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor
* 1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
* 1977 - Sergio Serna, North American actor/author
* 1978 - Franck Queudrue, French footballer
* 1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
* 1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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